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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Yasuke

1530 - Today

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Yasuke (弥助 or 弥介) was a man of African origin who came to Japan in the Sengoku period and became a retainer in the household of Oda Nobunaga. He was employed by the Japanese Sengoku daimyō Oda Nobunaga and served as a koshō (小姓, page or sword-bearer). He was valued as a retainer who was given a stipend by Nobunaga. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasuke has received more than 4,625,141 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Yasuke is the 634th most popular religious figure (up from 673rd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Mozambique (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Mozambican Religious Figure.

Yasuke was a samurai who traveled to Japan in the 1500s. He was the first foreigner to ever live in Japan, and he became a samurai for the warlord Oda Nobunaga. He is most famous for being the first foreigner to ever live in Japan.

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  • 4.6M

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  • 64.71

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Yasuke ranks 634 out of 2,238Before him are Pope Stephen V, Truganini, Thomas Wolsey, Pope Stephen IX, Alexius of Rome, and Nicodemus. After him are Scholastica, Baal Shem Tov, Óscar Romero, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Célestin Freinet, and Dōgen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, Yasuke ranks 7Before him are Ivan the Terrible, Jean Bodin, Étienne de La Boétie, Uesugi Kenshin, Anastasia Romanovna, and Jean Nicot. After him are Louis, Prince of Condé, Ruy López de Segura, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Jan Kochanowski, Christopher Báthory, and Juan de Herrera.

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In Mozambique

Among people born in Mozambique, Yasuke ranks 2 out of 34Before him are Eusébio (1942). After him are Carlos Queiroz (1953), Samora Machel (1933), Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (1924), Joaquim Chissano (1939), Graça Machel (1945), Armando Guebuza (1943), Mário Coluna (1935), Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho (1936), Eduardo Mondlane (1920), and Filipe Nyusi (1959).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Mozambique

Among religious figures born in Mozambique, Yasuke ranks 1After him are Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (1924) and Júlio Duarte Langa (1927).